the schedule for the sixteenth annual edition of VERSeFest : Ottawa's International Poetry Festival is now online!

March 24-30, 2026: readings and performances in English and French (and Polish!) by Marie-Célie Agnant, Olivia Tapiero, Sanita Fejzic, Melissa Powless Day, David Galvaude, Robyn Sarah, Claudia Coutu Radmore, D.A. Lockhart, Gwen Aube, T Liem, Lucia Farinon, Isabella Wang, Sheri-D Wilson, Misha Solomon, Emma McKenna, Sneha Subramanian Kanta, Vera Hadzic, Jennifer Baker, Paul Vermeersch, Jérôme Melancon, Hajer Mirwali, Stephanie Bolster, Declan Ryan, Brandi Bird, Sébastien Rock, Lydia Unsworth, Nada Gordon, Jumoke Verissimo, Karen Solie, Alexandre Yergeau and Kacper Bartczak!

Two new Hall of Honour inductees! (we're keeping who they might be a secret for now)
workshops by Sheri-D Wilson and Paul Vermeersch! and a free reading at Carleton University by Karen Solie!

check out the full schedule and ticket information at https://verseottawa.ca/en/versefest